Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-27
knights Of Labor Implicated II the Nssour, Pacific
0utageS-Iue Discovery Of the Secret
Warrants Olthr Leading Mem
JrN .t the Order.

The second trial OF George II. Hamilton,
the leader Of the trainwTeckers: is now IN
progress in WyanGotte. Tie arrest OF si>
men engaged IN the work was brought about
by the confession Of VIM. NOssen and later
Fred Newport turned States evidence and
added his testimony to that OF Nossen.
Yesterday sensation was caused by the
arrest of Chas. Babhitt, and the announce
ment that Frank Whitney hlh been COM
PEELED by his guilty conscience to unhur-
den his mind OF the terrible secret which
he has carried for eighteen months. Bah
bitt is charged with the wrecking of a
freight train at Elm Park, about sin miles
east Of Kansas City, on the night OF Aprl
l., lN-6. The trap was
LAID FOR ! PASSENGER TRAIN,
but the extra freight was caught. The con
iessiouS OF the three men, as far as they
implicate their COniedprateS in these crimes
do not carry much that il sensational, but
the prosecution has allowed il to leak out
that sensational developments will he made
as the trial progresses.
Il is claimed that IL will he COnClusively
proved that the whole diabolical scheme
was the direct result OF precOncerted ac-
tiOu inStlgatcd and formulated in lodge
room Of the Knights of Labor Not only
is this said to he the case, but warrants
are out for members who stand high in the
order who are charged with murder, train
wrecking, perjury and conspiracy and it Is
hinted that arTeSta will he made much
farther east than the State line.
Bahbitt can tell all about the Wyan-
dOttc affair ~ well - the one AT lndepcn-
denGe, and should he I've used rs n States
witness the defense will find strong card
in their hands made useless.
Tie State has, however, aecured other
evidence, the nature Of which tends to
show that the delen.c put forth by Hamil-
/ ton, Lloyd, Newport, Geers and l.eary, the
men on trial, is pure connection, and
that they are the men who committed tht
crime.
BETRAYED By WOMEN.
This information was gained in the lat
ter pant Of last month, when the widow OF
James Dollar, who had figured ~ a de
trndant's witness in other trials, begar
| complaining of her treatment by tn,
| knights Of Labor, after the service she
and her husband had rendered the parties
held for murder. II was clear that thcr,
was dissatisfaction among the witnesses iU
the defense, and accordingly "a detectiv,
went to Kansas City Gs a Canvasser for thu
labor paper in this city known rs the Nee
Oricr
While acting as a solicitor for this jour
nal he made the acquaintance of a numbe
OF knights, and among Others OF Mrs
DOldn, who was also complaining. Sh
stated that her husband had testified I,
things at the trial OF Hamilton, in DeCem
ber, that endangered his liberty, and tha
she had kept her mouth shut to help on
the boys, and that now they left her Il
slaryc. This operative and Others also dis
covered the wife of George \. Whitney
who was wanted lOT the independence
wTeCking, and she, too, considering hersel
ily treated, began t0 talk, finally impart
ing the knowledge of her husbands = where
abOuts, so that the detectives Capturet
him in Alabama and brought him back :,
Kansas City. When Whitney was PLACED
III Iill HlN WIG NtllNl Nllll All WIS hlY dll'l
being lett unhclriendcd by the knight .
! Labor, talked more then ever. Th
solicitor" under cover of the N,r OrHr
rendered her assistance and became yer,
friendly with her. He obtained in
similar manner the confidence of Mrs
Dolan, and finally told them that ap in
nucntlal brother in 81 Louie, who VA
acquainted with their treatment, would
take care of them II they would only z,
tO st. Louis This the two women im
mediateiy agreed to, and preparation,
were made to depart for st. Louis
TIE "IEELrESTlAI. BROTHER"
The capture Of Whitney has, however
led the knights of Kansas City TO suspec
that there was something going on which
they did not exactly like or understand
and they kept "A close watch on the 1--WE
women, SO that they scarcely ever lei
their homes unobserved Finally, how.
ever, by skilllul manuuveriGg, the Nol
Or,i,r man and some brother operative
got the women away from home one even
ing, with all their baggage, and placed
them on train for 81. OUis. Arriving
there, they met th- influential bTuther, >
who hni YCluGteeTed to aSSl i them. They
met him at Detective FuriUng's office, and
the charitable and influential brother wa.
none other than FurloEg himself When
they learned his identity the women were
somewhat surprised, Int Ou hcinG ques
toned ;ls to their statements To the N't
urR,r man they admitted that they had
told the truth.
Mrs. Dolan told Furong, in the latter
part OF July, that she and her husband haC
been approached Immediately aitcU tho al
rest OF the six men for tho wyRndot
train wrecking. Ind requested to testf,
ihat on the night of the wreck Bob Gecrs
one OF thc men, had been at their house
This was agreed 10 at the time, but Mrs
Gecrs and others insisted that they wOult
provide an albi for Geers on the theOr
that he was sick. 1t was then agreed thg
Dolan and his wife should testify 80 to ia
location of Mike Leary at "a Jistruce ava
from the wreck. TAY9 testimony 6ls al
FI&Ep -. ~ The DEFENDANTS
and their friends, and ON one occasion Mai
Warner, defendants counsel, had appeare,
at one oithese conference alihs and Oflere,
4 few suggestions. Mrs. Dolan was I,
have taken the stand to COrrohO .aif ae
husband, but he declares ih-t "her re
member wa.a't ip2g enopgh, and tha
..e wouIdut drag her into anYthip. iiE
tee giyiDgOf false testimony. pOian wen
ahead aud swOre like o major 10 all the al
legged Facts l. to l.eary allbi and his tes
tiuany helped 10 thgOw of the Jury in IL,
irial 0I Hamilton last December.
Often Mrs. Dolan had been the bearer u
messages from the defendants in ail to h.
husband: on one occasion carrying tbs Lot
in her shoe in order to avoid ,.rACOi icry
Her story was to the eysrcs .aat ihe fact
testified - - 49, husband were altOgethc
-n,..l, aud that she had overheard con
Tersations between her husband arr
friends OF the defendants to the effect tha
they had better have ,hrir stories straight
50 aS not 10 be tripped up on rsa"lT&t.ou
Mrs. Whitney CGrrOhOra -, .Er state
ments of Mrs. ICls. ~ Tar as lie had
heard -. conversations a. tn the tc~tI
urouy TO lie given, TO show that Ge,-'
and Leary could not possibly be "a, the
scene OF the wreck.
GEORGE wmINEY's CUSyESG.uS.
OUe Of the men, George Whitney, h,L.
sell made 2 statement il the Jail at Kansas
Ct, /. Mr. SGIlong, cOnfcs-ing hr had
participated in the Independence wreck;
. that Hamilton knew of this, aud that Ll"y d
also was in the scheme. Dolan and he had
gone from Kansas City To wreck the tram,
/ the switch key being furnished by Dolau,
who had worked on the road. Geers was
/ in the plot TO wreck the train at lndepend-
cnce, too. Whitney made clean breast
of all he knew, and much of his statement,
though pertaining directly to the Independ-
ence wreck, bears indirectly, though